Tomàs Garcés i Miravet (; 9 October 1901 – 16 November 1993, Barcelona) was a Catalan poet and lawyer.
Garcés was born in Barcelona. He studied law, philosophy, and literature at the University of Barcelona.
At the time of the Spanish Civil War Garcés fled to France where he was a teacher of Spanish language in the University of Toulouse. He returned to Catalonia in 1947.
Tomas was called "The Catalan poet of song" for his short regular verses.
He worked in several literary publications: Mar Vella, which he founded, and also Ariel, Serra d'Or, Revista de Catalunya and also La Publicitat, in which he published his works under the pseudonym "Ship-Boy".
For his works he was awarded several prizes, including The City of Barcelona Award, The Generalitat de Catalunya award, Crítica Serra d'Or, Creu de Sant Jordi and Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes.
Selected bibliography
Vint cançons, Edicions Lira, 1923 L'ombra del lledoner, Imprenta Omega, 1924 Paisatges i lectures, Llibreria Catalònia, 1926 Cançons, 1926 El somni, Les edicions d'art, 1927 Cançó fidel, Impr. Altés, 1946 El caçador, Editorial Selecta, 1947 El senyal, Atenes A. G., 1949 Paradis (co-authored with Joan Triadú), Atenas, A.G., 1949 La Nit de Sant Joan, 1951 Llibre de Nadal, Editorial Selecta, 1951 Llibre de la Mare de Déu de Núria, Editorial Selecta, 1952 Viatge d’octubre, La Polígrafa, 1955 Cinc poetes italians, Ed. La Polígrafa, 1961 Obra poètica, Editorial Selecta, 1961 Quadern de la Selva, Ed. La Polígrafa, 1962 Sobre Salvat-Papasseit i altres escrits, Editorial Selecta, 1972 Els dotze llibres d'Agelet, Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, 1981 El temps que fuig: escrits amb data, Laertes, 1984 Només els somnis són veritat, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021
References
External links
Tomàs Garcés at the AELC (Association of Writers in Catalan Language), in Catalan, English and Spanish. Webpage devoted to Tomàs Garcés (lletrA (UOC), Catalan Literature Online)